The primary responsibility of the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (CPS) in Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) is the provision of evidence-based pharmaceutical care services through both direct and indirect interaction with patients and providers. Main duties consist of the following: The CPS serves as a provider with prescriptive authority as outlined in the individual's Scope of Practice. The CPS functions as part of the HBPC teams and is most effective when embedded within a team assigned to patients to support continuity of care. The CPS in HBPC may also consult on patients with HBPC pharmacotherapy issues in the acute care or primary care settings, if needed. Disease states managed include but are not limited to diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking cessation, COPD, CHF, depressio